Mortgages

Mental health a rising issue for over-55s

The cost of living crisis has had a significant effect on the mental health...

Slight easing in pressure on household finances

Data analysed from millions of Barclays current accounts has revealed that spending on rent...

Gateway Surveyors reappointed as Marsden BS panel manager

Gateway Surveyors has announced that Marsden Building Society has reappointed it as its panel...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates across whole range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across a...

Hodge changes specialist mortgage criteria

Hodge has increased the first death stress on its 50+ product and enhanced criteria...

Mortgage Advice Bureau appoints non-executive chairman

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Mike Jones as non-executive chairman. Jones (pictured) has spent35...

Suffolk BS re-enters 95% LTV market

Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% loan to value (LTV) market with...

Kensington improves Professional product range

Kensington Mortgages has made changes to its Professionals product range and also launched new...

Skipton International now on Mortgage Brain platforms

Mortgage Brain has welcomed Skipton International to its Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms. The...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

BestAdvice fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages, Atom bank. BestAdvice (BA): You...

Pepper Money appoints South West regional development manager

Pepper Money has bolstered its sales team with the promotion of Alex Hall to...

Fixed mortgage search long-term monthly average up significantly

Twenty7tec has published mortgage market statistics for May 2024, from activity on its platform. Purchase...

Butterfield Mortgages appoints relationship manager

Butterfield Mortgages has appointed Ashley Titley as a new relationship manager. Titley (pictured) has worked...

LiveMore ups max loan and allows more adverse

LiveMore has increased the maximum loan value across its core range of products from...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

Latest news

Family Building Society cuts minimum property value to £75k

Family Building Society has lowered its minimum property value from £120,000 to £75,000 across...

360 Lifecycle adds Checkmyfile credit reporting link

360 Lifecycle has partnered with Checkmyfile to give advisers access to clients’ multi-agency credit...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...

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